Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2004, 2:47 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2004, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2004, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 231947 SVRMPX MNC067-093-145-232030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 243 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 241 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF PAYNESVILLE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF WILLMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PAYNESVILLE. BELGRADE. REGAL. EDEN VALLEY. MANANNAH. TRAINED STORM SPOTTERES REPORTED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WINDS KNOCKED OVER A WINDMILL AND DOWNED A TREE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOTEN AT 240 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4557 9505 4528 9523 4517 9433 4558 9424 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.